- Carey Price picked up his first shutout of the year as
Montreal blanked Carolina 4-0. Price
also picked up an assist, putting him one point behind Scott Gomez, who also
picked up a helper in the game. The guys
at Pro Hockey Talk wonder
if Montreal should banish Gomez to the AHL.

- Right now it’s hard to argue that Chicago is the best team
in the NHL and the Blackhawks continued rolling by beating their arch-nemesis,
the Vancouver Canucks, 5-1. Marian Hossa tallied three assists for Chicago.

- Anaheim has lost eight of its last nine games after falling
again last night, this time in a shootout to Los Angeles.